RARE PHOTOS: 11 - The Real Truth

BBC Jimmy Savile drama to air this year despite concerns

Long-delayed drama starring Steve Coogan will air after extensive back-and-forths within BBC over its content

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

‘Multiply problematic’ – should the BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama ever air?

Steve Coogan has long been slated to play Savile in The Reckoning. But why the delays – and what has it got to do with the King?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Singer Mick Hucknall hasn't spoken to comic Steve Coogan for 20 years over quip

Comic Steve Coogan and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall used to be friends and even sang a duet together but the pair stopped speaking after Coogan gave him a ribbing

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023

Top Gear hosts you forgot about - Noel Edmonds to Matt LeBlanc as Sue Baker dies

Following the sad death of Top Gear icon Sue Baker, we take a look back at some of Top Gear hosts who you have probably forgotten about down through the years

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

I’m Alan Partridge is 25 years old – isn’t it about time we finally let Steve Coogan’s alter-ego die?

Today marks a quarter of a century since the hit BBC sitcom first aired; somehow, Alan Partridge is still going strong. There’s no denying the brilliance of Coogan’s creation, writes Louis Chilton – but it’s long felt like the character is running out of road

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

The Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama

The team behind Philomena turn the true story of how the infamous king’s remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

The Lost King review: Discovery of Richard III’s skeleton is farcically replayed in Frears and Coogan’s drama

Why does the comedy drama think it can undo one form of malevolent villainisation by creating enemies of its own?

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Diana makes explosive revelations and Partridge devours the hand that feeds him: 100 years of the BBC, part eight

Steve Coogan’s alter-ego appears, as does Ricky Gervais’s in The Office, while Panorama rocks the royals

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

Best podcasts of the week: Alan Partridge is back with anecdotes and ‘intimate details’

Steve Coogan’s character returns in the new season of From the Oasthouse. Plus: five of the best podcast host duos

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022

Steve Coogan ‘not a monarchist’ despite recent royal-related projects

The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022